Diaura

Visual kei quartet Diaura rose swiftly from the ashes of fan favorite Valluna to develop a rabid cult following in Japan and the West. Their extravagant kote-kei ("old-school") looks and raw, metallic, yet accessible sound made them one of the most exciting indies bands to grace the scene in the early 2010s. All the members had been playing since school, influenced by an earlier wave of visual kei bands like Kuroyume, Dir en Grey, and Pierrot, as well as pop idols like Tokio and T.M. Revolution. Vocalist Yo-ka and drummer Yuu met soon after moving to Tokyo in search of fame a...